CUCUMBER CARROT SALAD

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Categories     Salad     Leafy Green     Vegetable     Side     No-Cook     Quick & Easy     Cucumber     Hot Pepper     Carrot     Summer     Gourmet     Fat Free     Kidney Friendly     Pescatarian     Dairy Free     Wheat/Gluten-Free     Peanut Free     Tree Nut Free     Soy Free

Yield Serves 6

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 garlic clove, minced and mashed to a paste
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 1/2 tablespoons Asian fish sauce (preferably naam pla)
1 tablespoon sugar
1 fresh Thai or serrano chili, or to taste, seeded and minced (wear rubber gloves)
2 seedless cucumbers, quartered lengthwise, seeded, and cored
1 carrot, shredded coarse
soft-leafed lettuce for serving

Steps:

  • In a bowl stir together garlic paste, lime juice, fish sauce, sugar, and chili until sugar is dissolved.
  • Thinly slice cucumbers crosswise and add to garlic mixture with carrot. Toss salad well. Salad may be made 4 hours ahead and kept chilled, covered, but cucumber will wilt and give off liquid.
  • Serve salad in lettuce "cups."

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